Spatial Price Flows for Orphan Legumes: Evidence from Benin
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Date
2026
Authors
Akem Nina Fabinin
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AERC
Abstract
Understanding the trends in orphan legume crop markets is of vital
importance given propositions for the development of the food system for
such landrace crops. Regional distributions for such indigenous crop legumes
mean understanding that their markets are crucial for enhancing market
linkages for improving market performance and food distribution across
regions. The current study descriptively examines monthly producer price
data for orphan legume crops. For comparison purposes, a major staple is
additionally examined to observe patterns relative to the orphan crops. What
patterns exist between orphan crops, and compared to staple commodities?
As observed, even within growing areas, differential linkages and
inconsistencies may already point to structural challenges rather than market-specific inadequacies such as poor infrastructural amenities and systems.
Similar correlated relationships between landrace legume and staple food
markets may already point to such structural factors. Reconsidering regional
segregation discrepancies into food policy frameworks may be able to
contribute to reduced inequalities in food availability across regions. This
could take the form of regional food redistributions across affluent and deficit
regions